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Pinpoint Answer Today #919

Thursday, November 05, 2026. The clue pattern, progressive hints, and a full explanation of why the answer fits.

#919 Thursday, November 05, 2026 medium Wordplay Words After Compound Phrases
Today's 5 clues

Clues

1 age
2 cold
3 fruit
4 wall
5 mason

Example clues generated by AI from the confirmed answer — the original game clue words are not part of the daily archive.

Progressive hints

Hints

Hint 1. Look for words that complete familiar phrases after a shared word.
Hint 2. Each clue is a term that comes directly after 'stone'.
Hint 3. Think of a prehistoric age, being completely cold, and a fruit with a hard pit.
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Answer

Answer
Terms that come after “stone”

All five clues are words that commonly follow 'stone' to create familiar phrases.

Why this answer fits

Explanation

All five clues are words that commonly follow 'stone' to create familiar phrases.

The connection is a words-after pattern: each clue makes a common phrase when placed after 'stone.' Because they all complete that same word, they share the label describing terms that follow it.

Clue-by-clue explanation
  1. age
    Forms 'Stone Age,' a known prehistoric period.
  2. cold
    Forms 'stone cold,' meaning completely cold.
  3. fruit
    Forms 'stone fruit,' a fruit with a hard pit.
  4. wall
    Forms 'stone wall,' a wall built from stone.
  5. mason
    Forms 'stone mason,' a worker who builds with stone.
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How to solve this answer

Pattern

Words After

The answer comes first, and each clue can follow it to make a familiar pair. Flip the order in your head.

Tennis, Lamp, Mountain, and Contents can all follow Table. The answer is Table: table tennis, table lamp, table mountain, table of contents.

Difficulty

Medium

Clues need a second look or a shift in angle. The link is fair, but the first reading of one or two clues usually misleads.

Category

Wordplay

Puzzles that lean on double meanings, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, and the way English words bend. Read each clue twice before you trust the first reading.

This is the mirror of Words Before, and solvers mix them up constantly. Write the candidate first, then the clue. Table + Tennis works. Tennis + Table does not, and your ear usually catches that faster than your eyes.

Common starter words do a lot of the work: book, fire, house, time, court, water, head. If the clues are plain nouns that pair with everyday objects, test this pattern first.

Today's puzzle information

Details

#919Puzzle number
MediumDifficulty
WordplayPrimary category
2Answer patterns
Nov 05, 2026Date
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